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Ziyab AH, Ewart S, Lockett GA, Zhang H, Arshad H, Holloway JW, Karmaus W. Expression of the filaggrin gene in umbilical cord blood predicts eczema risk in infancy: A birth cohort study. Clin Exp Allergy 2017; 47:1185-1192. [PMID: 28502108 DOI: 10.1111/cea.12956] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/22/2016] [Revised: 04/17/2017] [Accepted: 05/05/2017] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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BACKGROUND Filaggrin gene (FLG) expression, particularly in the skin, has been linked to the development of the skin barrier and is associated with eczema risk. However, knowledge as to whether FLG expression in umbilical cord blood (UCB) is associated with eczema development and prediction is lacking. OBJECTIVE This study sought to assess whether FLG expression in UCB associates with and predicts the development of eczema in infancy. METHODS Infants enrolled in a birth cohort study (n=94) were assessed for eczema at ages 3, 6, and 12 months. Five probes measuring FLG transcripts expression in UCB were available from genomewide gene expression profiling. FLG genetic variants R501X, 2282del4, and S3247X were genotyped. Associations were assessed using Poisson regression with robust variance estimation. Area under the curve (AUC), describing the discriminatory/predictive performance of fitted models, was estimated from logistic regression. RESULTS Increased level of FLG expression measured by probe A_24_P51322 was associated with reduced risk of eczema during the first year of life (RR=0.60, 95% CI: 0.38-0.95). In contrast, increased level of FLG antisense transcripts measured by probe A_21_P0014075 was associated with increased risk of eczema (RR=2.02, 95% CI: 1.10-3.72). In prediction models including FLG expression, FLG genetic variants, and sex, discrimination between children who will and will not develop eczema at 3 months of age was high (AUC: 0.91, 95% CI: 0.84-0.98). CONCLUSIONS AND CLINICAL RELEVANCE This study demonstrated, for the first time, that FLG expression in UCB is associated with eczema development in infancy. Moreover, our analysis provided prediction models that were capable of discriminating, to a great extent, between those who will and will not develop eczema in infancy. Therefore, early identification of infants at increased risk of developing eczema is possible and such high-risk newborns may benefit from early stratification and intervention.
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- A H Ziyab
- Department of Community Medicine and Behavioral Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Kuwait University, Safat, Kuwait
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA
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- Human Development and Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK
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- Division of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Environmental Health, School of Public Health, University of Memphis, Memphis, TN, USA
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- David Hide Asthma and Allergy Research Centre, St Mary's Hospital, Newport, UK.,Clinical and Experimental Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK
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- Human Development and Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK.,Clinical and Experimental Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK
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- Division of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Environmental Health, School of Public Health, University of Memphis, Memphis, TN, USA
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Kuang X, Sun L, Liu S, Zhao Z, Zhao D, Liu S, Luo B. Association of single nucleotide polymorphism rs2065955 of the filaggrin gene with susceptibility to Epstein-Barr virus-associated gastric carcinoma and EBV-negative gastric carcinoma. Virol Sin 2016; 31:306-13. [PMID: 27535066 DOI: 10.1007/s12250-016-3721-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/08/2016] [Accepted: 07/28/2016] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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The relationship between the Filaggrin gene (FLG) rs2065955 polymorphism and susceptibility to Epstein-Barr virus (EBV)-associated gastric carcinoma (EBVaGC) and EBV-negative gastric carcinoma (EBVnGC) was investigated in Shandong Province, China. We detected the FLG rs2065955 genotype and allele distribution by using PCR and restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) in 64 EBVaGC, 82 EBVnGC, and 111 normal control samples. Immunohistochemistry was used to detect the level of FLG protein in 35 EBVaGC and 51 EBVnGC tumor tissues. Compared with normal controls, the genotype CC and allele C of FLG rs2065955 showed higher frequency in EBVaGC and EBVnGC. There was no significant difference between EBVaGC and EBVnGC in allele distribution of FLG rs2065955, but the genotype CC was found more frequently in EBVaGC than in EBVnGC. The risk of developing either EBVaGC or EBVnGC in genotype CC was higher than in other genotypes. Furthermore, genotype CC of FLG rs2065955 may contribute more to the risk of developing EBVaGC than EBVnGC. There was no significant difference in the expression level of FLG protein between EBVaGC and EBVnGC. In conclusion, the FLG rs2065955 polymorphism was significantly related to gastric carcinoma. Allele C of FLG rs2065955 could be a risk factor for EBVaGC or EBVnGC, while genotype CC of FLG rs2065955 was especially associated with EBVaGC.
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- Xiaojing Kuang
- Department of Medical Microbiology, Qingdao University Medical College, Qingdao, 266021, China
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- Department of Pathology, The Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao, 266003, China
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- Department of Blood Transfusion, The Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao, 266003, China
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- Department of Medical Microbiology, Qingdao University Medical College, Qingdao, 266021, China
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- Department of Medical Microbiology, Qingdao University Medical College, Qingdao, 266021, China
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- Department of Medical Microbiology, Qingdao University Medical College, Qingdao, 266021, China
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- Department of Medical Microbiology, Qingdao University Medical College, Qingdao, 266021, China.
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Atopic Dermatitis Is Associated With Cervical High Risk Human Papillomavirus Infection. J Low Genit Tract Dis 2016; 19:345-9. [PMID: 26360236 DOI: 10.1097/lgt.0000000000000147] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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OBJECTIVE High-risk human papillomavirus (hrHPV) infection is more likely to persist and cause cervical cancer in immunosuppressed women. Atopic dermatitis, which is known to affect cell-mediated immunity and skin barrier function, is associated with recalcitrant warts; therefore, we hypothesized that women with atopic dermatitis may be more likely to be positive for hrHPV infection and progress to high-grade cervical dysplasia. MATERIALS AND METHODS A retrospective case-control study of 1,160 women who were either positive or negative for hrHPV in their index cervical cytology. Patient age, race, history of atopic dermatitis, allergic rhinitis, smoking, body mass index, socioeconomic status, marital status, hormone contraceptive use, and 2-year clinical outcomes (follow-up hrHPV testing and cervical biopsy results) were recorded. All cases with atopic dermatitis (n = 74) were confirmed by a dermatologist. Analyses were restricted to females with documented clinical follow-up, which yielded 577 hrHPV-positive and 583 hrHPV-negative cases for comparison. Associations were examined by t test, χ test, and multivariate logistic regression. RESULTS Atopic dermatitis was more common in the hrHPV-positive cases (48/577, 8.3%) compared with HPV-negative controls (26/583, 4.5%, p = .007). Multivariate logistic regression analysis revealed an adjusted odds ratio of 3.75 (95% CI = 1.3-10.9, p = .02) after controlling for significant covariates, such as age and marital status. Smoking was not associated with hrHPV infection, persistence, or high-grade cervical dysplasia in these cases. CONCLUSIONS Atopic dermatitis is associated with cervical hrHPV infection in adult women.
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Bager P, Wohlfahrt J, Sørensen E, Ullum H, Høgdall CK, Palle C, Husemoen LLN, Linneberg A, Kjaer SK, Melbye M, Thyssen JP. Common filaggrin gene mutations and risk of cervical cancer. Acta Oncol 2015; 54:217-23. [PMID: 25383447 DOI: 10.3109/0284186x.2014.973613] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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BACKGROUND As carriers of filaggrin gene (FLG) mutations may have a compromised cervical mucosal barrier against human papillomavirus infection, our primary objective was to study their risk of cervical cancer. METHODS We genotyped 586 cervical cancer patients for the two most common FLG mutations, R501X and 2282del4, using blood from the Copenhagen Hospital Biobank, Denmark. Controls (n = 8050) were genotyped in previous population-based studies. Information on cervical cancer, mortality and emigration were obtained from national registers. Odds ratios (OR) were estimated by logistic regression with adjustment for age at blood sampling, and weighted by the genotype-specific inverse probability of death between diagnosis and sampling. Hazard ratios (HR) were estimated by Cox regression with time since diagnosis as underlying time, and with adjustment for age at diagnosis and stratification by cancer stage. RESULTS The primary results showed that FLG mutations were not associated with the risk of cervical cancer (6.3% of cases and 7.7% of controls were carriers; OR adjusted 0.81, 95% CI 0.57-1.14; OR adjusted+ weighted 0.96, 95% CI 0.58-1.57). Among cases, FLG mutations increased mortality due to cervical cancer (HR 4.55, 95% CI 1.70-12.2), however, the association was reduced after stratification by cancer stage (HR 2.53, 95% CI 0.84-7.59). CONCLUSION Carriage of FLG mutations was not associated with the risk of cervical cancer.
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- Peter Bager
- Department of Epidemiology Research, Statens Serum Institut , Denmark
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Skaaby T, Husemoen LLN, Jørgensen T, Johansen JD, Menné T, Szecsi PB, Stender S, Bager P, Thyssen JP, Linneberg A. Associations of filaggrin gene loss-of-function variants and human papillomavirus-related cancer and pre-cancer in Danish adults. PLoS One 2014; 9:e99437. [PMID: 24905740 PMCID: PMC4048243 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0099437] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/01/2014] [Accepted: 05/14/2014] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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Purpose Filaggrin proteins are expressed in the skin, oral cavity, oesophagus, and cervical mucose. Loss-of-function mutations in the filaggrin gene (FLG) reduce filaggrin expression and cause an impaired skin barrier function. We hypothesized that FLG mutation carriers would be more susceptible to human papillomavirus (HPV) infection and thus a higher risk of HPV-related cancer and pre-cancer. We investigated the association of the FLG genotype with incidence of HPV-related cancer of cervix, vagina, vulva, penis, anus and head and neck, and pre-cancer of the cervix. Methods We included 13,376 persons from four population-based studies conducted in the same background population in Copenhagen, Denmark. Participants were genotyped for the most common FLG mutations in Europeans. Information on cancer was obtained from The Danish Cancer Registry until 11 July 2011. Results There were 489 cases of prevalent and 97 cases of incident HPV-related cancer and pre-cancer (median follow-up 11.5 years). There was a statistically significant association between FLG genotype and incident HPV-related cancer and pre-cancer with a hazard ratio, HR = 2.1 (95% confidence intervals, CI: 1.2, 3.7) for FLG mutation carriers vs. wild types. Conclusions FLG loss-of-function mutations were associated with higher incidence of HPV-related cancers and pre-cancers that are potentially screening and vaccine preventable.
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- Tea Skaaby
- Research Centre for Prevention and Health, Glostrup University Hospital, Glostrup, Denmark
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- Research Centre for Prevention and Health, Glostrup University Hospital, Glostrup, Denmark
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- Research Centre for Prevention and Health, Glostrup University Hospital, Glostrup, Denmark
- Faculty of Health Science, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
- Faculty of Medicine, Alborg University, Alborg, Denmark
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- Department of Clinical Biochemistry, Copenhagen University Hospital Gentofte, Hellerup, Denmark
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- Department of Clinical Biochemistry, Copenhagen University Hospital Gentofte, Hellerup, Denmark
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- Department of Clinical Biochemistry, Copenhagen University Hospital Gentofte, Hellerup, Denmark
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- Department of Clinical Biochemistry, Copenhagen University Hospital Gentofte, Hellerup, Denmark
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- Department of Epidemiology Research, National Center for Health Data and Disease Control, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- National Allergy Research Centre, Department of Dermato-Allergology, Copenhagen University Hospital Gentofte, Hellerup, Denmark
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- Research Centre for Prevention and Health, Glostrup University Hospital, Glostrup, Denmark
- Department of Clinical Experimental Research, Glostrup University Hospital, Glostrup, Denmark
- Department of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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Lund ASK, Heegaard S, Prause JU, Toft PB, Skov L. Expression of filaggrin in normal and keratinized conjunctiva. Open Ophthalmol J 2012; 6:137-40. [PMID: 23304250 PMCID: PMC3537116 DOI: 10.2174/1874364101206010137] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/23/2012] [Revised: 10/22/2012] [Accepted: 10/24/2012] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Purpose: We wanted to investigate filaggrin expression in normal conjunctiva and in conjunctiva exposed to different degrees of mechanical stress. Mechanical stress results in parakeratinization of the conjunctiva. If filaggrin is expressed in the milder forms of parakeratinization, it might be used as a sensitive marker of mechanical stress. Methods: Immunohistochemical staining using antibodies to filaggrin was performed on paraffin sections of normal human conjunctiva, and on conjunctiva with different degrees of mechanical conjunctival stress. Results: Filaggrin was not expressed in the normal conjunctiva, nor in conjunctiva with milder forms of mechanical stress. Intense staining of filaggrin was seen in the conjunctiva of a patient with Stevens-Johnson syndrome, and marked expression of filaggrin was found in the conjunctival epithelium of a patient with moderate dysplasia of the conjunctiva. Conclusion: Filaggrin is not a sensitive marker of mechanical stress; it is, however, expressed in some moderate and severe forms of parakeratinization of the conjunctiva.
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- Anne Sofie Kragegaard Lund
- Institute of Neuroscience and Pharmacology, Eye Pathology Institute, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark ; Department of Dermato-allergology, Gentofte Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
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Lizard G, Chignol MC, Chardonnet Y, Schmitt D. Differences of reactivity to interferon gamma in HeLa and CaSki cells: a combined immunocytochemical and flow-cytometric study. J Cancer Res Clin Oncol 1996; 122:223-30. [PMID: 8601575 DOI: 10.1007/bf01209650] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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We characterized the changes induced by treatment for 48 h with 100 U/ ml interferon gamma (IFN-gamma) on HeLa and CaSki cells, derived from human uterine carcinomas and containing human papillomavirus (HPV) type 16 and HPV type 18 respectively, by studying cell growth, cell morphology, the cell cycle and expression of epidermal growth factor (EGF) receptor, filaggrin-profilaggrin and MHC class II antigen, HLA-DR. The response of the two cell lines to IFN gamma differed in some cases. In both cell lines, the cells remained viable; cell growth was similarly inhibited as shown by cell counts. Signs of morphological changes were essentially observed in HeLa cells. The cell cycle phases, analyzed by flow cytometry were more disturbed in CaSki than in HeLa cells; the proportion of CaSki cells in S phase increased and those in G2 + M decreased. Expression of EGF receptors related to proliferation increased only in CaSki cells while expression of filaggrin-profilaggrin, a marker of differentiation, and HLA-DR, a marker of epithelial cell immune response, was enhanced in both cell lines. The presence of filaggrin-profilaggrin being unexpected in these cells, the specificity of the reaction with the monoclonal antibody AKH1 was confirmed by immunoblotting. In conclusion, our results show that the two cell lines reacted differently to IFN gamma although they are of similar origin and the different antigens studied may be useful to predict the progression of lesions infected with HPV towards malignancy or the reactivity to IFN gamma of such lesions. However, enhanced synthesis of EGF receptors is probably independent of the antiproliferative effect of IFN gamma but an increase in HLA-DR antigen expression by epithelial cells, which corresponds to an immune response favored by IFN gamma, could act synergistically with cell growth inhibition and differentiation to exclude tumoral and/or HPV-infected cells.
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- G Lizard
- INSERM CJF 93/10, Hopital du Bocage, Laboratoire de Biochimie des Lipoproteines, Dijon, France
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Arbeit JM, Münger K, Howley PM, Hanahan D. Progressive squamous epithelial neoplasia in K14-human papillomavirus type 16 transgenic mice. J Virol 1994; 68:4358-68. [PMID: 7515971 PMCID: PMC236359 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.68.7.4358-4368.1994] [Citation(s) in RCA: 231] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023] Open
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To model human papillomavirus-induced neoplastic progression, expression of the early region of human papillomavirus type 16 (HPV16) was targeted to the basal cells of the squamous epithelium in transgenic mice, using a human keratin 14 (K14) enhancer/promoter. Twenty-one transgenic founder mice were produced, and eight lines carrying either wild-type or mutant HPV16 early regions that did not express the E1 or E2 genes were established. As is characteristic of human cancers, the E6 and E7 genes remained intact in these mutants. The absence of E1 or E2 function did not influence the severity of the phenotype that eventually developed in the transgenic mice. Hyperplasia, papillomatosis, and dysplasia appeared at multiple epidermal and squamous mucosal sites, including ear and truncal skin, face, snout and eyelids, and anus. The ears were the most consistently affected site, with pathology being present in all lines with 100% penetrance. This phenotype also progressed through discernible stages. An initial mild hyperplasia was followed by hyperplasia, which further progressed to dysplasia and papillomatosis. During histopathological progression, there was an incremental increase in cellular DNA synthesis, determined by 5-bromo-2'-deoxyuridine incorporation, and a profound perturbation in keratinocyte terminal differentiation, as revealed by immunohistochemistry to K5, K14, and K10 and filaggrin. These K14-HPV16 transgenic mice present an opportunity to study the role of the HPV16 oncogenes in the neoplastic progression of squamous epithelium and provide a model with which to identify genetic and epigenetic factors necessary for carcinogenesis.
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- J M Arbeit
- Hormone Research Institute, University of California, San Francisco 94143
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Lara C, Serra V, Marzo C, Valcuende F, Castells A, Bonilla-Musoles FM. Immunohistochemical localization of filaggrin in benign, premalignant and malignant cervical tissue. Arch Gynecol Obstet 1994; 255:73-9. [PMID: 8092889 DOI: 10.1007/bf02391801] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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Epithelial distribution of filaggrin, a histidine-rich protein related to squamous terminal differentiation, was investigated in 87 cervical biopsies using an avidin-biotin-peroxidase technique with a monoclonal anti-human filaggrin antibody (AKH1). Normal squamous cervical epithelium exhibited a positive homogeneous immunoperoxidase stain in the upper parabasal, intermediate and superficial cell layers. Similar findings were obtained in cervical condylomas, although full-thickness staining was observed in 35.7% of the cases (P < 0.001). Filaggrin expression in CIN was inversely related to the severity of the lesion (P < 0.001). An irregular staining pattern was present in most high-grade CIN. Filaggrin expression was closely connected to the degree of tumour differentiation (P < 0.05) in squamous cell carcinomas of the cervix. Abnormal filaggrin stainings identified a premalignant/malignant cervical squamous lesion with a positive predictive value of 92.3%. Non-squamous epithelia showed lack of filaggrin expression. Filaggrin may therefore be considered a marker of squamous differentiation in both the normal and pathological human uterine cervix.
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- C Lara
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Valencia, Spain
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Tosi P, Cintorino M, Santopietro R, Lio R, Barbini P, Ji H, Chang F, Kataja V, Syrjänen S, Syrjänen K. Prognostic factors in invasive cervical carcinomas associated with human papillomavirus (HPV). Quantitative data and cytokeratin expression. Pathol Res Pract 1992; 188:866-73. [PMID: 1280356 DOI: 10.1016/s0344-0338(11)80246-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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As a part of a larger programme to search for the prognostic factors in cervical cancer, quantitative morphometry, demonstration of AgNORs and expression of different cytokeratin polypeptides (SK2-27, SK1, A 53-B/A2) were used to study a series of 85 cervical squamous cell carcinomas, previously analysed for the presence of human papillomavirus (HPV) DNA by in situ hybridization and polymerase chain reaction (PCR). The following nuclear profile parameters were calculated: nuclear area, perimeter, maximum diameter, ellipsoidity (form Ell), regularity (form Ar) and roundness (form Pe). In each case, the number of small (< 3 microns), large (> 3 microns), the total number and the ratio large/small AgNORs were registered. The cancer cell density and the lymphoid cell density were assessed. In the survival analysis, neither the expression of different cytokeratin polypeptides or the pattern of cytokeratin staining proved to be an independent variable. Similarly, none of the nuclear profile parameters analysed possessed an independent prognostic value in the survival analysis. The ratio of large/small AgNORs proved to be a significant independent prognostic predictor (p = 0.0104), second only to the lymphoid cell density. Also the total number of AgNORs was a prognostic indicator. This suggests that AgNOR size and ratio reflect tumor proliferation also in cervical squamous cell carcinoma, as shown in other human malignancies. Similarly, the density of cancer cell nuclei proved to be an independent prognostic predictor (p = 0.0601) in that the tumours in patients with longer survival showed lower density of the nuclei.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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- Institute of Pathological Anatomy and Histology, University of Siena, Italy
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McGlennen RC, Ostrow RS, Carson LF, Stanley MS, Faras AJ. Expression of cytokine receptors and markers of differentiation in human papillomavirus-infected cervical tissues. Am J Obstet Gynecol 1991; 165:696-705. [PMID: 1716421 DOI: 10.1016/0002-9378(91)90312-f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Human papillomavirus infection of the uterine cervix is associated with a spectrum of benign, premalignant, and malignant epithelial lesions, a process that appears to require the coordinated effects of secondary cellular and environmental events. We have used flow cytometry and immunohistochemistry to examine the expression of the cellular markers for proliferation (interleukin-1, epidermal growth factor receptor, and transferrin receptor) and the markers of cellular differentiation (filaggrin and low-molecular-weight cytokeratin) in normal and human papillomavirus--infected human cervical tissues representing the natural range of human papillomavirus--induced disease. The results were correlated with the histologic grade of disease, human papillomavirus type, cellular deoxyribonucleic acid content, and cell cycle status. Interleukin-1 and transferrin receptor were slightly increased in high-grade dysplasias and in squamous cell carcinomas. Filaggrin expression was found to be inversely related and cytokeratin and epidermal growth factor receptor expression directly related to the degree of neoplasia. These findings indicate that cytokeratin and epidermal growth factor receptor are useful markers of cell proliferation in human papillomavirus--infected tissues and that their expression may directly increase as a result of infection.
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- R C McGlennen
- Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis
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Viac J, Guérin-Reverchon I, Chardonnet Y, Brémond A. Langerhans cells and epithelial cell modifications in cervical intraepithelial neoplasia: correlation with human papillomavirus infection. Immunobiology 1990; 180:328-38. [PMID: 2168858 DOI: 10.1016/s0171-2985(11)80296-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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The study of a series of 18 cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN) grade II and III was aimed at determining the distribution and phenotype of immunocompetent cells (Langerhans cells, T and NK cells) and the alteration in the expression of EGF receptors and beta 2-microglobulin in correlation with human papillomavirus (HPV) infection (viral antigen and DNA typing with biotinylated probes). These lesions were characterized by a reduced number of Langerhans cells and a dense infiltrate. HPV infection did not induce HLA-DR expression in the infected epithelial cells. We observed an enhanced expression of epidermal growth factor (EGF) receptors by epithelial cells and a reduced beta 2-microglobulin reactivity by both epithelial and immunocompetent cells. Most of CIN showed foci of infected cells. No significant differences were observed in immunological markers of CIN harboring benign HPV 6/11 DNA or oncogenic HPV 16/18 DNA. Viral antigen was not detected in these lesions. These changes in the epithelial cells of CIN and their microenvironment associated to the lack of HLA-DR expression in the infected cells hamper the squamous epithelial cells to function as antigen presenting cells. This may facilitate a decrease in the immunological surveillance and may contribute to the severity of such lesions.
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- J Viac
- INSERM U 209, CNRS DO 601, Hôpital E. Herriot, Lyon, France
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Viac J, Guérin-Reverchon I, Chignol MC, Chardonnet Y. Filaggrin expression in cutaneous and mucosal human papillomavirus induced lesions. Pathol Res Pract 1989; 185:342-6. [PMID: 2554264 DOI: 10.1016/s0344-0338(89)80010-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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A series of 32 human papillomavirus induced lesions derived from epidermis and mucosa was studied for the modulation of filaggrin-profilaggrin (F-PF) expression according to the degree of virus infection as compared to normal skin and mucosa biopsies. This investigation was carried out on frozen sections using indirect immunofluorescence for filaggrin detection and group specific viral antigen and by in situ hybridization with biotinylated probes for viral DNA detection and typing. The 9 cutaneous warts showed an increase of F-PF expression in upper layer cells as compared to normal epidermis, which could be related to the high production of virus (viral antigen and HPV types 1 or 2). The 5 condyloma acuminata displayed also an enhanced expression of these components which was located in several upper layers but virus infection was confirmed in 2 of them with HPV types 6, 11 or 16. The 6 laryngeal papillomas exhibited a granular reactivity pattern for F-PF in suprabasal cell layers with an increase in the upper layers; viral antigen was found in 4 cases and HPV DNA types 6, 11 or 16 were detected in 4 specimens. Conversely among 12 cervical intraepithelial neoplasia, F-PF was expressed only in very superficial layers in few cases, without any correlation with the DNA detection (6, 11 or 16, 18). Taken together these data are suggestive of an intense expression of F-PF in benign lesions which can replicate the virus and a discrete or an absent expression of these components in premalignant or malignant lesions.
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- J Viac
- INSERM U 209, CNRS DO 601, Hôpital E. Herriot, Lyon, France
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Serra V, Lara C, Ramirez AA, Marzo MC, Valcuende F, Castells A, Bonilla-Musoles F. Precocious appearance of markers of squamous differentiation in metaplastic cells of human endocervix. Arch Gynecol Obstet 1989; 246:233-42. [PMID: 2619338 DOI: 10.1007/bf00934524] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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We used immunoperoxidase methods employing antibodies against involucrin and filaggrin, both markers of squamous terminal differentiation, to study squamous metaplastic transformation in the human endocervix. Expression of involucrin and filaggrin was restricted to squamous metaplastic cells whereas columnar epithelial cells were constantly negative. Immature squamous metaplastic epithelium also showed a positive immunostaining. In mature squamous metaplasia a suprabasal homogeneous staining pattern similar to that found in the exocervical epithelium was detected, although with full-thickness filaggrin immunoreactivity in 45% of cases (P less than 0.05). These results support the hypothesis of an epithelial origin of reserve subcolumnar cells, and suggest that precocious squamous differentiation seems to take place in metaplastic cells of the human endocervix.
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- V Serra
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Valencia University School of Medicine, Spain
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Serra V, Ramirez A, Marzo MC, Valcuende F, Lara C, Castells A, Bonilla-Musoles F. Distribution of epithelial antigens in the human uterine cervix: a review. Arch Gynecol Obstet 1989; 246:61-84. [PMID: 2684044 DOI: 10.1007/bf00934123] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Epithelial antigen immunostaining in the uterine cervix has been claimed to be helpful in the identification and classification of rare lesions, evaluation of basement membrane integrity, study of atypical condylomas, immunodetection of proliferating processes and early diagnosis of malignant transformation. The present review attempts to demonstrate the potential value of immunohistological techniques as a means of identifying normal and abnormal patterns of antigenic expression in cervical epithelium.
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- V Serra
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Valencia University School of Medicine, Spain
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